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J. W. DORRINGTON.

CURTAIN HANGER. No. 364,497. Patented June '7, 1887.

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JOHN T. DORRINGTON, OF \VOROESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO LEYVIS G. FAY, OF SAME PLACE.

HANGER.

sPECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 364,497, dated June '7, 1887.

Application filed June 24, 1885. Serial No. 169,621. (No model.)

\ To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J cm: W. DORRINGTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Vorcester, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Curtain-Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a device for hanging window and other curtains, so the curtain roll or pole may be readily attached to or detached from the casing of a door or window without marring or disfiguring the wood-work of the casing; and my invention consists in the use of a bar or rod carrying the curtain roll I 5 brackets, and having arms extending laterally therefrom, and arranged to press against the outer or inner sides of window or door casing, so as to hold the curtain-supporting bar or rod in position; in "the use of sliding bars or rods along the cu'rtainsupporting bar or rod, and carrying the projecting arms, which engage the sides of the casing; in mechanism, sub,- stantially as described, for actuating the sliding bars in elastic cushions between the eas- 2 5 ing and the bearing-surfirces of the projecting arms, and in devices for holding the curtain against the casing.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 shows an elevation of a window-casing having 0 a curtain-supporting bar held by the pressure of the laterally-projeeting arms against the outside of the window-casing. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the same with the bar held by contact of its arms with the inside of the casing. Fig.

5 3 is a view of the curtain-supporting bar or rod, partly in section, with the arms in position to be applied to the outside of the window-casing. Fig. 4 shows the same with its arms arranged to engage the inside of the cas 0 ing. Fig. 5 shows a detached view of one of the sliding bars. Fig. 6 shows one of the elastic cushions, and Fig. 7 is a sectional view showing the device for holding the curtain against the casing.

5 Similar letters refer to similar parts in the several views.

A A is the window'casing; B, the curtainsupporting bar or rod. 0. a are the brackets to receive the curtain-roll; or, instead, brackets or supports to receive a pole may be used.

Upon the back side of the bar B, I form a longitudinal T-shaped groove, 0, to receive the sliding bars D, having arins b projecting at right angles to the bar D, upon which I place an elastic cushion, E. The arms b are 5 slightly larger at their outer ends, fitting a mortise in the elastic cushion similarly larger at one end. Within slots in the bars D are the segmental gears F, pivoted at 0, having lever-handles G, and engaging the toothed rack H on the bars D. The centralscction, e,

of the gears F is left blank, so that when the blank section is brought opposite the toothed portion of the bar D the bars may be inserted and the projecting arms I) brought into proper position to approximately fit the windowcasing.

When the bar D is placed in position, aslight movement of the lever-handles G will serve to carry the sliding bars and their projecting 7o arms outward against the inside of the casing; or, as shown in Fig. 2, the bars D and their arms may be brought inward and made to press against the outside of the casing. I stead of the elastic cushions E, spurs f may be 7 5 formed on the bearing-surfaces of the project- 7 ing arms which shall slightlyindent the wood and hold the bar B firmly in position.

Rods or wires h h extend a short distance downward from the front of the curtain-sup- 8o porting bar B, and are bent inward at right angles, the horizontal arms t 2' having preferably rolls j j, behind which the curtain passes, as indicated by the broken line 70, Fig. 7. The wires h h are also bent, so that the arms 2' t will 8 5 carry the curtain close to the casing, which would otherwise be held away on account of the thickness of the bar B.

I am aware that curtain-hangers have been heretofore used in which a rod or bar has ex- 0 tended across from one bracket to the other for the purpose of holding the curtain closely to the window. Such I do not claim. By the employment of the rods h, which are bent at right angles, forming a short arm, t, overlapping the edge of the curtain, I accomplish the same result, and also permit the rolls j j to be used, if desired, which are readily removable, and italso allows the edge of the curtain to be easily carried behind the arms i 2', and re- [ca moved therefrom in case the curtain is to be taken down.

The several details of construction as herein set forth may be. varied and yet embody the essential features of my invention-as, for instance, instead of the T-shapcd groove, other means for retaining the sliding bars D and forming Ways for them may be used, and the ends of the sliding bars themselves may be made. to press against the inside of the casing, either with or without elastic cushions, and omitting the bent arms I) b. Neither do I confine myself to the use of toothed sliding bars and gear-wheels, as shown and described, as obviously many other modes of actuating the sliding bars may be employed. It will also be readily seen that one of the sliding bars only may be used, the opposite end of the curtainsupporting bar or rod being placed against the inside of the casing.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. A curtainhangcr consisting of a bar or rod carrying brackets or supports for a curtain roll or pole, and having at one or both ends a sliding bar or rod, with operating mechanism for actuating the same, said sliding bar or bars having arms projecting at right angles thereto, said arms being arranged to engage the outer edges of the casing, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In acurtain-hanger,the combination,with a bar having brackets for a eurtain-roll, of a sliding bar sliding in ways in said bracketholding bar, and having teeth forming a rack, and pinions journaled in said bracket-holding bar and engaging said rack, said sliding bar being arranged to engage the edge of the window-casing, substantially as described.

8. A curtain-hanger consisting of a bar or rod carrying a curtain rod or pole and having a longitudinal groove carrying toothed racks, segmental gears engaging said racks having handles, and a blank section allowing the toothed racks to slide past said gears, said toothed racks being adapted at their outer ends to engage the casing as described.

JOHN \V. DORRINGTON.

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Burns B. FOWLER, LEWIs G. FAY. 

